Financing Climate Change Adaptation in Transboundary Basins

v Financing Climate Change Adaptation in Transboundary Basins T his report has been prepared by Ana Maria Kleymeyer (lead author) with contributions from Christina Leb (World Bank, team lead), Sonja Koeppel (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe [UNECE]), David Hebart-Coleman (African Development Bank [AfDB]), Emmanuel Chaponniere (European Investment Bank [EIB]), and Astrid Hillers, Christian Holde Severin, and Steffen Brandstrup Hansen (Global Environment Facility [GEF]). Special thanks to Nathan Engle, Christine Ochieng (World Bank), Frederick Mhina Mngube (Lake Victoria Basin Commission [LVBC]), Fareeha Iqbal (GEF), Ly Thim (Mekong River Commission), Alastair Morrison (Green Climate Fund [GCF]), and Edouard Boinet (International Network of Basin Organizations [INBO]) for their review of earlier drafts, comments, and tar- geted inputs. This publication builds on the background paper pre- pared for and the discussions and outcomes of the training workshop “How to Prepare Bankable Projects for Financing Climate Change Adaptation in Transboundary Basins,” held in Dakar, Senegal, on June 21–23, 2017. The training was jointly organized by the African Water Facility (AWF/AfDB), EIB, INBO, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Water Convention Secretariat, the World Bank, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. The training was carried out within the framework of activities of the Global Network of Basins Working on Climate Change created by INBO and UNECE. This publication received the support of the Global Water Security & Sanitation Partnership (GWSP). GWSP is a multidonor trust fund administered by the World Bank’s Water Global Practice and supported by Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; the Netherlands’ Ministry of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation; Norway’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs; the Rockefeller Foundation; the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency; Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Economic Affairs; the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation; Irish Aid; and the U.K. Department for International Development. The publi- cation also received support from the GWSP predeces- sor fund, the Water Partnership Program (WPP), a multidonor trust fund promoting water security for inclusive green growth. Acknowledgments